Community-wide impacts of herbivore-induced plant responses in milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2616-2629

  Van Zandt, Peter A ^a,b   Agrawal, Anurag A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asclepias syriaca; Competition; Generalized estimating equations; Indirect effects; Induced defense; Milkweed; Plant insect interactions; Poisson logistic regression; Resistance; Trait mediated indirect interactions

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GROWTH; HERBIVORY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; INSECTA; LABIDOMERA CLIVICOLLIS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PLEXIPPUS; RHYSSOMATUS; RHYSSOMATUS LINEATICOLLIS;

EID: 5344252400     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0622     Document Type: Article

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